Set Your DVRs, the Final Season of Game of Thrones Has a Premiere Date

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Jan 13, 2019 at 9:02 PM

Seven hells, it's been a long hiatus for Game of Thrones fans! Luckily, the wait is almost over since we now know the premiere date of the eighth and final season!

HBO announced Sunday ahead of the premiere of True Detective that Game of Thrones will return with its final six episodes on Sunday, April 14. The new teaser trailer (above) shows the remaining Starks -- Jon (Kit Harington), Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Arya (Maisie Williams) -- walking through the family's underground crypt and coming face to face with their own statues before the ominous threat of winter creeps toward them.

Knowing the premiere date is exciting news for two reasons. One, it means we're likely going to get a real trailer for the final season soon, which means we'll finally get the first substantial new footage in over a year! Second, it means the entire season will be eligible for the 2019 Emmy Awards, where it will undoubtably dominate the winners list.

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When we last visited Westeros, it was in a precarious position as the Night King's wight army destroyed the Wall (with their very own undead dragon) and marched freely into Westeros. Meanwhile, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and Jon were busy having incestuous sexy times on their journey back to Winterfell after securing a fake truce from Cersei (Lena Headey). It's hard to say which bomb will drop first -- that Cersei has no intention of helping them fight the dead, that Dany and Jon are actually related, or that as the legitimate son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, Jon is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne.

It's safe to say that the final season of Game of Thrones has a lot to deliver and not a lot of time to do it, so let the countdown to the premiere begin!